Comments on: MicroISVs Productivity: Eliminating Distractions is Key http://gigaom.com/collaboration/microisvs-productivity-eliminating-distractions-is-key/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:04:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike Saeger http://gigaom.com/collaboration/microisvs-productivity-eliminating-distractions-is-key/#comment-70443 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:30:08 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2060#comment-70443 Something I’ve found that works well in my home office is to start working early – before the kids get up. Wake up, take a shower, sit down, work. Period. There are usually no distractions during this time and I get a lot done because of that.

When I start hearing the noise of family walking around, that’s when I indulge in surfing, accounting or “wasting time” with non-billable work. Once the kids leave for school it’s back to real work.

]]> By: Tony Wright http://gigaom.com/collaboration/microisvs-productivity-eliminating-distractions-is-key/#comment-70442 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:06:00 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2060#comment-70442 By virtue of the business that we’re in, we have some pretty unique insight here– The biggest thing you can do is minimize interruptive communication. Kill IM. Destroy it. Take it off your machine. Yes, I know it can be productive communication– but just because you have a question right now doesn’t mean that the person on the other end isn’t deeply engaged in something else. Someone once said that email is a to-do list that anyone can add stuff to. IM is 10x worse.

Also, close your email program, remove all sound alerts for new messages, etc.

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